I am a tripod guy when I have the tripod. I brought my HEAVY fullsize Amvona tripod on a trip to Quebec and took pictures throughout Vieux Quebec with it. Since the tripod was so big, people stepped out of my way whenever setting up for shots.
It's not convenient for quick and candid urban shots at all.
My best use of a tripod was when visiting a local arboretum.
There are ideal places and situations for a tripod...

'Kay, my reasoning here is a little twisty-and-turny, so see if you follow. A couple of weeks ago, in the discussion following the "Letter to George" post (TOP's most popular post of 2010 so far, by the way), I boasted that I'd bought a really good tripod right out of the gate, in 1980, and had...